Trey Mancini hit a two-run triple and Logan O’Hoppe had two hits and an RBI to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night in Anaheim, Calif.
Nick Madrigal went 2-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base, an RBI and a run, Denzer Guzman singled and doubled and Mike Trout singled and walked twice for Los Angeles, which won its third straight game.
Angels starter Sam Aldegheri (2-1) allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits over five innings. He walked three and struck out four. Ryan Zeferjahn got the final out with the bases loaded, picking up his second save.
Jonathan Aranda went 2-for-5 with three RBIs and Nick Fortes scored twice for Tampa Bay, which had a three-game winning streak snapped while losing for the seventh time in its past eight road games.
Rays starter Shane McClanahan (6-4) gave up four runs on eight hits in four innings. McClanahan, who had allowed just five hits over 11 shutout innings while striking out 16 in his two previous starts in Anaheim, walked one and struck out seven.
Los Angeles then took a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Trout and Jo Adell singled with one out and scored on Mancini’s two-out triple over the head of right fielder Austin Slater.
The Angels extended the lead to 4-0 in the third inning. Oswald Peraza led off with a double, advanced to third on a flyout by Guzman and then scored on Madrigal’s infield single. Madrigal stole second and scored on a single by O’Hoppe.
Tampa Bay halved the deficit in the fifth inning. Chandler Simpson led off with a walk and advanced to second when shortstop Zach Neto mishandled Fortes’ potential double-play grounder for an error. Taylor Walls then loaded the bases with a bunt single, and one out later, Aranda lined a two-run single to left.
The Rays cut the gap to 4-3 in the ninth when Fortes singled with one out, Diaz walked and Aranda delivered an RBI single. Zeferjahn replaced Mitch Farris on the mound and walked Junior Caminero to load the bases before pinch hitter Cedric Mullins struck out to end the game.
The contest was the opener of a three-game series.
